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Lucas breathed a sigh of relief at Rylee's words and let her guide him to the empty area. He really didn't want to be on his own for this activity. Okay, this was going to be okay. He was with Rylee, after all, and she seemed to know what she was doing. She also seemed to trust him by being the one who was blindfolded, even if it was part of the lesson.
Still.
Reaching his spot, he couldn't help but grin at the way the older Gryffindor was bouncing on the spot, as if she was getting ready. Should he do the same? He shifted from one foot to the other, twirling the ball around in his hands as he went. She was trusting him, which meant that he couldn't screw this up. But, even so, how could he screw it up? It was just throwing a ball, right?
"Okay, I'm going to throw it to the left!" Pause. "Your left. Maybe your shoulder area." Maybe because he couldn't predict if it was going to land there or not. It could go anywhere, knowing what his aim was like. Again, he wasn't the sporty Dakest kid, that was all Emma. "Okay, here we go!" Meaning, watch out.
Whooooosh!
If only she could see Lucas right now. There would be some true smiling happening if she knew that he was sort of copying her and moving from foot to foot. It had started out as a simple way to test the blindfold covering her eyes but mind you, she was still bouncing a bit right now. Pure energy. Psyching herself up mostly. Like she did before a Quidditch match or one of her dance competitions.
Left. The ball was going to be thrown towards the left. Her left that is. Rylee nodded once firmly at that confirmation.
"Okay!" The bouncing completely stopped and she stood tall and still waiting.
"Ready!"
And here it comes. Somewhere to the left...
For some unknown reason she counted in her head. One...two... thr- AND she leaped to her right just in time too. The ball whizzed past her barely missing her left elbow and hitting the padded floor somewhere behind her.
"Where did it go Lucas?" Did she need to take her blindfold off and get it or did he want to get it so he could throw it a final time without telling her he was going to?